April 26, 2016

It was a big night for the front-runners. Donald Trump ran the table with a clean sweep of five east coast states, while Hillary Clinton lost only Rhode Island to Bernie Sanders. It felt a lot like a Clinton-Trump general election matchup as they took aim at one another in their victory speeches. Here's some of what they had to say.

(Paul Mirengoff) Earlier this month, I wrote about the Democratic Senate primary in Maryland. It pitted Rep. Chris Van Hollen, a close ally of Nancy Pelosi, and Rep. Donna Edwards, an African-American running to Van Hollen's left. The race turned pretty bitter. I viewed the dust-up between a cautious white leftist and a black radical as a sign of things to come. In another sign of things to come, Edwards touted her

Podcasts and audio books are enjoying tremendous popularity at the moment, and the fresh-off-the-app-presses app Rightspeed is a $2.99 iOS app that's here to help you speed-listen your way through your audio library. Have you ever wondered how quickly you can really listen to an audio book? That was the starting point for Max Deutsch, the app's creator, and the idea behind the app. Read More

At a victory rally in Philadelphia after her victory in Pennsylvania's primary, 2016 Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton set her sights on GOP rival Donald Trump. The former secretary of state criticized Trump for accusing her of "trying to play the woman card." She shot back, saying, "if fighting for women's healthcare and paid family leave and equal pay is playing the woman card, then deal me in."

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Republican voters in Tuesday's Connecticut presidential primaries believe whoever garners the most votes during the primary season should win their party's endorsement at the Republican National Convention, even if that person has not won a majority of the delegates, according to preliminary exit poll results.

Furbo, created by startup Tomofun, gives owners a new way to interact with their dogs while away from home. The camera allows you to keep an eye on your dog, with two-way audio so that you can also talk to them and make them feel a little less alone. There are even push notifications that tell you when your dog is barking. Other startups also make pet cameras, so what really sets Furbo and… Read More

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton pulled further ahead in the presidential nominating race with victories Tuesday in northeastern state primaries that put added pressure on their challengers to show they remain viable.

(John Hinderaker) This short video from Prager University, featuring Burt Folsom, a historian at Hillsdale College, is titled "Why Private Investment Works & Govt. Investment Doesn't." It does an excellent job of reminding us–and no doubt teaching some for the first time–that whether you are spending your own money or someone else's makes a big difference:

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's Legislature is considering asking the federal government for permission to sell health insurance through the Covered California exchange to people who can't prove they're legally in the country.

International Farming Corp. and Finistere Ventures have agreed to partner under the moniker Willow Hill Ventures to invest in growth-stage agricultural tech startups. International Farming Corp. owns and manages land that it, essentially, leases out to commercial farmers, helping them maximize the land's yield and profitability. Finistere Ventures invests in early-stage tech companies… Read More

Mark Halperin and John Heilemann are joined by Charlie Black, an adviser to the John Kasich campaign, Republican strategist Stuart Stevens, and Democratic strategists Anita Dunn and James Carville on "With All Due Respect."

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - The first Washington state official indicted in 35 years won at least a partial vindication on Tuesday, as jurors in his federal fraud trial failed to reach a verdict on the key charges against him - and cleared him of lying to the IRS on the ...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 28 percent of transgender women (biological men) are infected with HIV, a fact that the CDC attributes in part to the "stigma" faced by transgender people. While 28 percent of transgender women test positive for HIV, only 12 percent report being infected, implying that […]

A Democratic voter who previously served six years in prison confronted Hillary Clinton during a town hall Monday over her support for the 1994 crime bill just five days after he was dissatisfied with her "canned" answer to his question on the same topic at a separate television event.

ATLANTA (AP) - A group of young people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children and who have been granted temporary permission to stay is asking a judge to order the Georgia university system to allow them to pay in-state tuition.

For the first time in its history, the iPhone is experiencing a drop in sales. In 2015 at this same time, Apple sold 61 million units of the iPhone. This year, for the period ending March, Apple only sold 51.2 million units, representing a 16 percent YOY drop. This shouldn't come as a surprise for most folks who know that we are close to (if not already at) peak iPhone levels. There… Read More

(Steven Hayward) Patriot radio host Seth Leibsohn in Arizona often has us on his terrific radio show, and yesterday he and his regular Monday guest Chris Buskirk, who curates the DownStreamPolitics website, were on the air discussing my post from over the weekend about Harry Jaffa and how "The Cold War Never Ended." Seth and Chris were actually present for the lecture that I quoted from, the lucky guys. Before going to

It is well known that Bill and Hillary Clinton were in attendance at Donald Trump's last wedding, but now Hillary Clinton's rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), is using a picture of the Clintons and Trumps together in a new appeal for donations, the Washington Post is reporting.

SpaceX is a space transport services company whose mission is to reduce space transportation costs and enable the colonization of Mars. It has developed several launch vehicles and spacecraft. Read More

The FBI plans not disclose to Apple the method it used to access an iPhone belonging to the San Bernardino shooter, or submit it for an internal government review, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The FBI announced in March that it had purchased a hacking tool from a third party that enabled it to access data on an iPhone used by Syed Farook. Farook and his wife killed 14 people… Read More

Bernie Sanders to reassess candidacy after votes in 5 states today, NY Times reports, citing senior campaign strategist Tad Devine. Campaign will have to adjust if no mathematical path to winning nomination after Tues. "If we are sitting here and there's no sort of mathematical way to do it, we will be upfront about that": Devine Sanders has already decided he'll compete in all contests, include Calif. and D.C. in June

ToyTalk, the startup that mashed together Barbie and the Internet of Things and let your kids chat away with Thomas the Tank Engine for hours on end, is cashing out on the bot craze with a slight realignment of philosophy — and a new name. The company developed a whole toolset — called PullString — to enable writers to create narratives for children's toys. Read More